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And then the winner of the poster event, the kids who win the easter egg roll will get a poster at the end of the day. that comes from someone who is just 9 years old. so kids from all across the country really got to participate and get creative and contribute to this event. and, richard, what's interesting about today is that it's expected to be the largest easter egg roll yet with more than 30,000 people expected from all over the country. people submitted their entries online and basically it was a lottery and they were lucky and they got the tickets to come and attend and they've actually...

>> now, zimmerman's lawyer say that police did the right thing, you're alluding to the stand your ground law. according to that law police should not have arrested him on. i want to play clip from the "today" show. >> if you understand the law you understand the rush to judgment was the rush to afterwards complain that he wasn't arrested. the florida statue prohibits law enforcement from making an arrest under sixes where self-defense is claimed and it's not absolutely clear that the use of force was unlawful. if you claim self-defense and some of the forensics supports that it would be improp...

That goes way beyond the castle doctrine, way beyond self-defense. this is the law that basically seems to have licensed a wild, wild west situation, where, you homicides triple on a yearly basis since this law was first put in place about five or six years ago. seven or eight years ago in florida. and that's a real problem. i think, you know, this law will get a much needed review and we will find several states that will go back, change these laws if not get rid of them completely. hopefully the country will also continue to push forward in this question about racial profiling. >> who is beh...

>> reporter: this government is deeply divided. as you saw that call today from the grand ayatollah, we're in a bit of a period of limb po in ts country. a couple of months ago there were elections, those elections have been certified and iraq is supposed to be having a new government. maliki, according to rules that are in place right now, could come out as the new prime minister here, as the new government is formed, but there are a growing number of calls in this country, including from some of his shiite allies, who want him to step aside, to have another person, perhaps even from his part...

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